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Howard Carter & Tutankhamun
Howard Carter examining the sarcophagus and mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. c. 1336 to c. 1327 BCE) in 1922.
New York Times Photo Archive.
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Emperor Kammu
A 16th century CE portrait on silk of Japanese Emperor Kammu (r. 781 to 806 CE) who is most noted for relocating the capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto) in 784 CE. (Enryaku-ji Monastery, near Kyoto, Japan)
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Stela Of Padikhered & Tasherimehet
Stela Of Padikhered and Tasherimehet, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Found in Akhmim, Egypt. The British Museum (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia). This double stela was carved for two...
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Statue Of Khonsirdis
Statue of Khonsirdis, 26th Dynasty, 664-610 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Khonsirdis wears the typical trappings of a priest. His head is shaved...
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Stela Of Qeh
Stela of Qeh, early 19th Dynasty, about 1250 BCE. Probably from Abydos, Egypt. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Priests made offerings of food and drink to both the gods and the dead...
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Situla Of Hor
Situla of Hor, end of the Late Period to the beginning of the Ptolemaic Period, about 350-280 BCE. From Thebes, Egypt. The British Museum (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia). Situlae were important vessels...
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Egyptian Model Soul House
Egyptian soul house, 12th Dynasty, about 1985-1795 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Model houses placed in tombs were another way to ensure the...
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A Bull's Slaughter (Wooden Funerary Model)
12th Dynasty, about 1985-1795 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Wooden funerary model representing the slaughtering of a bull, enabling...
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Wine Jars Of Nedjmet
Egyptian wine jars, 18th-19th Dynasties, about 1550-1186 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Originally part of a set of at least four jars, these two...
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Kukai Wooden Figurine
A wooden figure representing Kukai, aka Kobo Daishi (774-835 CE), a scholar, poet and monk who founded Shingon Buddhism in Japan. (Guimet Museum, Paris)
